Safety fender



April 10, 1928.

- H. BRUSCH SAFETY FENDER Filed May 28, 1927 5 Sheets-Sheet l April 10, 1928.

H. BRUSCH SAFETY FENDER 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Ill/Ill April 10, 1 928.

H.' BRUS'CH SAFETY FENDER Filed May 28, .1927

3 Sheets-Sheet 3 over a human being or an animal because Patented Apr. 10,1928.

SAFETY Application filed May as,

Ihe invention relates'to fender for automobiles. The present invention has for its purpose'the prevention of accidents of running over ma n oranimal. Devices for this purpose have been in use for quite a while on other power driven vehicles, such as electric streetcars andlocoinotives. Ithas been however practically impossible so "far to provide an automobile'with a device'for preventing the automobile from. running such, a device must be necessarilycollapsible in order to; be used. with an automobile.

The object of the invention theref0re, ,ifs to provide a fender adapted'to catch a human being standing or walking front of Other objects the invention not special- 1y mentioned may be easily ascertained and understood from the following description in view of the accompanying drawings form- .ing. apart thereof. It is however to be understoodthat the invention is not to be re-' striated or limited to the exact construction described in the following specification and shown in the drawings of which:

Figure 1 is a partial side View of an automobile equipped with the fender.

v F1gure 2 isa top view of, the front part of the chassis of the automobile carrylng the fender,

Figure3 is a section on line 33 in Figure 2, y

Figure 4: is a section on line 4-4 of Figure 3,

Figure 5 is an enlarged View of the rear or the right hand end of Figure 3,

Figure 6 is a section on line 66 of Figure 3, v

Figure 7 is a section on line 7.- 7 of Figure 3, V p

And Figure 8 is an end view ofFigure 7 i seen from the right hand end ofsaid figure.

On the front axel 10 of the automobile a pair of carrier castings 11 are fastened. Each of these castings has a U-shaped portion 12 adapted to enga'gethe aXel 1O and another :U-shaped portion is provided; to

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co-operate with the portion 12to hold the thereby holding allel to eachother; saidrastingsj extend mainly forwardly of the a'Xel' andjf onfthe front part of each casting which castings are arranged onboth sides of the motor;v a" hous-v ingl15. extendsupwardly. It is to be under:v

stood that the housing may either bean in-;

tegralportion of saidcasting or that it may be, fastened to said casting in anydesired manner. Inside of each of ,said housingsa tube 16 or the like is slidably arranged. The

top of the housing 15 is closed, for, instance I v by a cap 17 which may be removably' fas; toned to thehousing 15. Adj acent the lower portion of the tube 16a pin 18extendsdiametrically through'the-tube1 6and a spring 19 is arranged inside of the "tube 16abutting with one of its ends'the cap 17 andwith its other end the pinil8. It is thebe understood that it is not necessary to provide a pin 2 at the interior ofthe tube 16 may be for; instance provided with ahorizontal Wall or with anotherkind or means, as for instance a lug, adapted to 1 be used as an abutment forthe lower end of thespring 19. The spring 19 urges othe sliding tube 16. downwardly .in relation to the carrier casting 11 and to the automobile equippedthere.

with. In order. to hold thetubes 16 in their T normal or raised position,-"the walls of said tubes are each provided with a notch 20. The wall of the housing 15 isprovided with i an opening 21 in registration with thenotch 20, when the tubes 16 are in their upper or i. normal position. Ears 22 are provided on the housingol5, one at each side. of the opening or slot 22 and a shaft 23extends rotat ably through all four ears 22. A hook 24 is rigidly mounted on the shaft '23adap ted to.

extend through. the openings 21 and to (em gage the upper shoulder of the notch 20 th'er'eby'holding the sliding tube 16 in. its normal or upper'position'. The hooks 24; maybe heldin engagement with the notch 20 in any suitableway for instance by means of aspring 25vfastened with one of its ends to the shaft23 and'abuttin'g with its other 49 which is journaled in the ,above described -manner a casing 58 whichmay be a casting or. may be made from brass, steel or the like centrally journaled which has a square outer portion 60 adapted to fit into the square hole 57. This square portion extends beyond, the casing 58; A spur gear 61 is mounted on said pin inside of the casing, and. a second spur gear 62 is also rotatably mounted in the casing 58 and meshes with thefirst mentioned gear. The shaft of thesecond' gear 62 has a square outwardly PIOJQCUIlg end=63,

which isladapted to bereceived by a square opening in the end of a crank handle 64;

. -Tl1e fdevice operatesas'followsz- When the ver, a strip of fabric fastenedjwith' .one [of car is in motion the fabric is rolled upon the pipe 49. Assoon as the driver noticesthat a human beingor an animal is getting into. thepathofthe automobile, he pulls on the rod 27 whe reby he brings the hooks 24 out of engagement with the notches in the,

sliding tubes 16. Thereby said tubes are released and the springs 19 force said tubes downwardly. The rollers 30 engaging the ribs 45 on the square tubes 33 will swing the forward end of saidsquare tubes downwardly about the pins 32 in the arms 31. Since the hooks 41 cannotmove downwardly with the said tubes the books will be extracted out of the holes 39, so that the tubes 33 will move forwardly under the pressure of the.

springs 37. Seeing that the rod 52 is fastenedto the forward end of the square tubes 33 it is also fastened to the outward end of the fabric, this fabric will be rolled oi the pipe 49 which will rotate in its bearings in the channel ring 56. The movement of the I forward end of the square tube 33 willbe downwardly and forwardly under the combined pressure of the springs 37 and the sliding tubes 16, so that the fabric. will really scoop up the person or animals in the path of the automobile.

After the fender has been used the casing 58 will be put on the housing 46 in such a manner that the square blocks 60 will engage the square hole 57 whereupon the fabric will be rolled up onto the pipe 49 by simply rotating the pipe by means of the crank handle 64 and the gears 62 and 61. l/Vhen the fabric is rolled up it will pull the rod 52 toward the automobile thereby giving the square.

tubes 33 an upward and rearward movement,

and at the same time lifting the sliding tubes 16 by means of the engagement between the rollers 30 and the ribs 45 on the square tubes. As soon as the whole fabric is rolled upon the pipe 49 the sliding tube 16 must be in position to permit the spring 25 to force the nose of the hooks 24 into engagement with the shoulder of the notch 20 and at the same by Letters Patent is:

time the square tubes 33 will be shoved back far enoughthat the hooks 41 will again en gage the holes 39in said. square tubes. f What I claim as newanddesire to secure 1. In a device of the class described a strip of fabric, a roller arranged at the front end of the automobile, and extending'crosswise thereof said roller being rot-atably supportedthe fabric being attached with one of its edges to said roller and adapted to be rolled upon said roller, a rod fastened'to the front edge of the fabric, .a pair of sliding members supported by the front axel of the automobile said rod bein fastened to the forward end ofsaid sliding members and means for imparting to said Slldll'lg members a forwardand downward movement.

2. In a device of the classdescribeda'rolh. 6

its edgesto the roller and; adapted; to be rolled upon said roller, a rod fastened to the free'forward edge of said fabric, a housing extending crosswise over the front of the automobile, the roller being rotatably.

mounted in said housing a longitudinal slot in said housingythe fabric being adapted to slid-e through said slot, a pair of sliding members supported by the front aXel of the automobile the rod being fastened to the forward end of said sliding members and means for imparting to said sliding members a forward and downward movesliding members. and extending 'over the wholewidth of the automobile, a strip of fabric one edge of said fabric being fastened to said rod, a roller extendin crosswise of the front of the automobile, the opposite edge of the fabric being fastened to said roller, the roller being mounted and adapted .to receive the strip of fabric in a rolled up position, and means for giving thesliding members a forward movement, each of the sliding tubes engagingthe adjacent sliding member and giving the samea downward movement.

rotatably 4. In a device of the class described a pair 7 of carrier arms supported by the front axel of the automobile and extending lengthwise of said automobile, a casing extending vertically from each of said arms and being open at its lower end a tube slidably ar-v ranged in each of said housmgs, means for "urging the porting I ends of said sliding members, a strip of sliding tubes downwardly, a slidingmember carried by each ofsaid suparms, a rod fastened-to the front fabric, a rollerv extending crosswise over the whole width and arranged at the front end thereof, of the automobile, one edge ofthe strip of'fabrie being fastened to said rod and i the opposite edge'of thefabric being fastened to'said roller, the fabric being adapted (to betrolled upon said roller'each sliding tube engaging the means for urging adj acentn sliding member the sliding members forwardly and'means for preventing the sliding tubes from downward movement and means for preventing theslidingmenibers from for- J Ward movement.

r 5; Infa device of theelass described pair of carrier 4 arms supported bythe front eachbf said arms and open at its ing tubes-downwardly, means "forwardly, the sliding tubes engaging the sliding members-and tending to swing the edge being 7 merit o downward movement of said tubes,-a sliding-member carried by each of said carrier arms, the forward ends of said members being'adapted to be swung downward-.

ly, means for urging the sliding members forward ends of said members downward- 1y, a rod fastened to the forward ends of the sliding members, extending across the whole width of the automobile, a roller extending across thewhole width of the automobile and rotatably mounted at the front end thereof, a strip of fabric, one edge of said fabric being fastened to the rod, the opposite" fastened to the roller, and',the fabric normally rolled upon said roller, and

meanslfor releasing the sliding tubes from p 1 the means for preventing downward move- I f said tubes, the slidin-g. me'mbers being released for forward movement by the downward pressure of thesliding tubes.

In witness whereof I aflix my' signature H1ELMUTH Ban son,- 

